Here are all our forthcoming events that have been planned to date.
More will be added when they are arranged.
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Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2012
Sunday 19 February 2012
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury CT3 1PL map
11am to 4pm
Admission £6.00 HPS members £5.50*
Senior citizens £5.50 children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am free
Event open to the public. Read more
Plants I Love to Grow

- my successes and disappointments
Vivienne McGhee
Sunday 26 February 2012, 2.30pm
Boughton Monchelsea Village Hall ME17 4HN map
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
This month Vivienne McGhee, who is the current chairman of the national Hardy Plant Society, Read more
Special Spring Meeting
Sunday 18 March 2012, from 11.30am
Lenham Community Centre ME17 2QT map
Please note this month’s meeting is one week earlier than usual.
Last year’s Special Spring Meeting with its mix of beautiful displays, both photographic Read more
Talking Plants ***
Otterden, Faversham
Thursday 12 April 2012
10.30am and 2.30pm
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form in the Winter 2012 Newsletter.
A Year in the Life of a Horticultural Photographer
Michael Warren
Sunday 29 April 2012
Headcorn Village Hall 2.30pm map
followed by
Seedling Swap and Sale
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
To end the current season of lecture meetings our speaker, Michael Warren, tells the story of his life and experiences through the year as a horticultural photographer. Read more
Beervelde Park Garden Day ***
Day trip to Beervelde Park Garden Day, near Ghent, Belgium
Saturday 12 May 2012
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form in the Winter Newsletter.
Visit the Beervelde Park website to find out more.
And here is a reminder of what a great time our members had when they visited Beervelde in October 2010.
Talking Plants ***
Pembury
Wednesday 16 May 2012
10.30 am
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form will be in the Spring 2012 Newsletter.
Garden Open and Plant Fair
Sunday 27 May 2012
Eagleswood, Slade Road,
Warren Street, Lenham ME17 2EG map
11am to 5pm
Admission £3.50 HPS Members £3.00
Event open to the public
Talking Plants ***
Doddington
Wednesday 6 June 2012
10.30am and 2.30pm
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form will be in the Spring 2012 Newsletter.
Midsummer Madness ***
An Evening Garden Party
Saturday 23 June 2012
Following the success of last year’s Summer Garden Tea Party we are planning another special garden event, Read more


